Agenda item

Councillor Robert Benham, Cabinet Member for Community Empowerment, introduced the report

At the beginning of this term, ten Strategic Administration Projects were established to help deliver services more effectively and in new ways. The Projects were each to be driven by a Member of the Cabinet, working with a select team of officers, representing a diverse variety of disciplines within the Council.

The projects were:

In the last year of this Administration, each Project will be reporting back to Cabinet, to note the achievements attained and the progress made.

The Civic Pride project has now been completed.

The project:

·         Supported and encouraged local celebration to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen including the staging of public events and the facilitation of nearly 100 street parties in Havering.

·         Saw the introduction of a Visitor Centre to capitalise on interest in East London during the Olympics, which is now being used to promote the Borough and its attractions to visitors and residents alike

·   Celebrated our armed forces through popular annual parades and the award and exercising of Freedom of the Borough for the Royal Anglian Regiment.

·      Brought people together, at a range of successful public events and oversaw the growth of the Havering Show as a free event attended by 50,000 people

Reasons for the decision:

This report is being brought to Cabinet to provide Members with an overview of what the Civic Pride Member project delivered between 2011 and 2013.

Other options considered:

N/A

Cabinet noted the outcomes delivered by the Civic Pride project.